Blessed Pope John Paul II Quotes

Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel. ~Blessed John Paul II

Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. ~Blessed John Paul II

The worst prison would be a closed heart. ~Blessed John Paul II

Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. ~Blessed John Paul II

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. ~Blessed John Paul II
War is a defeat for humanity. ~Blessed John Paul II

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well. ~Blessed John Paul II
Know what you are talking about. ~Blessed John Paul II

Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth- in a word, to know himself- so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves. ~Blessed John Paul II

God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross? ~Blessed John Paul II
Be not afraid. ~Blessed John Paul II

The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons. ~Blessed John Paul II

Man’s life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills. ~Blessed John Paul II

Wages must enable the worker and his family to have access to a truly human standard of living in the material, social, cultural and spiritual orders. It is the dignity of the person which constitutes the criterion for judging work, not the other way around. ~Blessed John Paul II